2008/2/7, js <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > If the developer call it as stable and the other's development, > Let' follow it. > Anyone who like to use newer can easily choose -devel one.
I think we all agree on this (we dont have time to test stability, ffs). 2008/2/7, Ryan Schmidt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >It was proposed that -devel ports should be updated to the latest >stable version, if the latest stable version is newer than the latest >development version. If we act on this proposal, then "-latest" is >more intuitive than "-devel". Ok I see the point. In other terms it is a pointer to a stable or -devel version of the same port, like a virtual package depending on the right one ? I also cannot avoid comparing with Gentoo : they use multiple 'ebuild' files (the converse of a portfile) to reflect the different versions of a package. That done they can mark each version as stable/unstable and allow to install different versions when they have different 'slots' (like for gtk-1 and gtk-2 : they consider it is the same "port" but with a different slot so both can be installed). I dont suggest to rip it off them but that is another existing solution to this problem. Well multiple versions is another larger issue I don't mean to bring here. -- Thomas de Grivel _______________________________________________ macports-dev mailing list macports-dev@lists.macosforge.org http://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo/macports-dev